Cooking stove



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COOKING STOVE Filed Dec. so, 1946 Z INVENTOR @www #26m J Arromvsr Patentedl `uly 17, 1951 COOKING STOVE Gustav Klein, Melrose Park, Pa., assignor to Calorie Stove Corporation, Philadelphia, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application December so, 1946, serial No. 719,145 l 1,C1aim. (Cl. 12B-'39) My invention relates to a cooking stove and it l relates more particularly to improvements in the structure of the upper portion of the body of the stove.

In cooking stoves, be they gas or electric, it is necessary to provide a drip pan beneath the burners or heating elements for catching drippings or spillage. As far as I know, drip pans heretofore used have either been in the nature of a fixed wall which constituted a closure for the stove,

body below the burners, or such drip pans were in the nature of a large panel removably mounted beneath the burners and capable of being pulled out after the fashion of a drawer. When the drip pan is in the nature of a fixed wall, it is very difficult to clean because of the necessity of removing the burners or heating elements, their connections and other objects and because the cleansing means, such as solutions, Scrapers, detergents, etc., must be brought to and used in the vicinity of the top of the stove. Sugar-containing, or other, drippage which, when heated, leaves a hard, fast-adhering residue are particularly diflicult to remove from a fixed drip pan. When the drip pan is removable but is made of one piece which is coextensive with the top o f the stove or range, difliculty is again encountered because a pan of this size is too big to be washed in the usual kitchen sink without splashing, discomfort and inconvenience. Also, it becomes necessary to remove and wash the large drip pan whenever dripping or spilling occurs in the vicinity of any one of a plurality of burners.

It is, therefore, one object of my invention to produce an improved arrangement whereby small, separately-removable drip pans are provided under the various burners to facilitate cleaning of the dripy pans.

A further object is to produce an improved structure of the top of the stove below the burners so as to provide a support for the drip pans and for certain parts of the burners.

These and other objects are attained by my invention as set forth in the following specification and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. l is a reduced, fragmentary top plan view of a cooking stove embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged, fragmentary vertical sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 4--4 of Fig. 3.

In the drawings. there is shown a conventional cooking stove which is provided with a plurality of heating elements S, 1, 8 and 9, which are in `the nature of gas burners supplied with a combustible mixture through pipes Ill controlled by cocks and valves I2 arranged along the front wall of the stove in the usual manner. While I have shown four gas burners, it is to be understood that the invention is applicable irrespective of the number of heating elements` and regardless of whether the heating elements are gas burners or electrically-energized elements. Adjacent the heating elements and extending to one or to both sides thereof is an oven or Storage compartment I4.

In carrying out my invention, I form the underY top of the stove, that is, the wall thereof which underlies the burners, of a single piece I6 of sheet metal, which may be stamped and shaped in one operation. This wall I6, which is hereinafter referred to as the top of the stove, is generally nat and is provided with vertical anges I8 which abut against the corresponding upper portions I9 of the vertical walls of the stove and to which they are bolted or otherwise secured. The top I6 and the flanges I8 thus form a well for receiving the gas burners or other heatingv elements 20.

The top I6 is provided along its entire perimeter with a continuous raised bead 22 which is preferably struck upwardly from the body of the top. The bead 22 extends generally to and is slightly spaced inwardly from the vertical flanges I8. The top I6 is also provided with a central ridge 24 which is higher than the bead 22 and which is also struck upwardly from the under top I6 and forms a support for certain of the gas pipes Iil and for the burners themselves or the adjuncts thereof, as shown in Fig. 1.

The ridge 24 cooperates with the portions of the bead 22 on either side thereof to form two substantially rectangular shallow wells, each of which underlies a pair of heating elements. In the present instance, the ridge 24 extends parallel to the front and rear walls of the stove, and the rectangular wells thus formed extend longitudinally of the front and rear walls of the stove. Under each of the heating elements is a separable shallow trough or dish-like receptacle 25 formed of a bottom wall 2B and vertical side walls, or anges 2l. The receptacles 25 are made large so as to catch drippings or spillage from the material being cooked over the burners. In the spaces intervening between the juxtaposed, inner edges of each pair of adjacent receptacles 25, I provide raised portions or humps 28, which are struck upwardly from the under top I6 and which coact with the ridge 24 and the beads 22 in locating the various receptacles 25.

In use, when dripping or spillage occurs from a cooking utensil above a particular burner, it is merely necessary to remove such burner and as much of Lthe corresponding grate *as may. be necessary Ito remove `the particular receptacle 25 under said burner. The receptacle is then taken to the kitchen sink where it can be washed in the n usual dishpan without inconvenience or splashing, and without having to disturb the other rneceptacles which are still clean. In the event that the material spilled is excessive-and-overflowsithe receptacle 25, it will be connedby'the'bead and ridge 24 and will be prevented from spreading over the entire surfacesof .the-"top :rerlfrom reaching the vertical flanges I8 thereof. In this event, after the particular receptacle has been removed, the affected "area of the under top I6 can be locally cleaned. In Vorder to facilitate "cleaning, Vthe junction of the 4ridge 24 and the bead22 With'the-'at top "IS is curved, as 'clearly 's'h'own at`29. The lprovision -of the bead'22 'and fthe ridge 2'4 also Iserves to strengthen the top,

thus makingmit rigid Iand protecting it 'against warping. Asvvill'be'seen from Figs. 2 and "3, the ridge VI8 AVsupports the -arms which carry burners :6 and 8. lThis eliminates the usual supporting lbrackets and 'makes cleaning of the lparts-below '30 vthe'burners much easier.

`Havingdescribed myf'invention, vwhat I claim is: integral top burner box Ifor va 'gas stove having front and rear burners, said fbox having vertical side walls, a vertical back wall and a horizontal bottom wall, said bottom comprising a flat body portion and a bead struck upfrom said portion immediately inwardly from the edges thereof, and a ridge also struck up from said flat body portion and extending from one of said side .walls vk.to .the .other of saidiside walls, said ridge -beinghigher than sai'dxbead ianidaserving to support the rear burners of the stove and cooperat- .ing with said bead to form a plurality of rimmedin areas below said front and rear burners.

GUSTAV KLEIN.

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